Shelton Benjamin speaks on who he trusts to call matches

[The Prince of All Saiyans]

On learning from Eddie Guerrero and Chavo Guerrero how to call matches live in the ring:"For the first eight months, we [Benjamin and Charlie Haas] were working with Eddie and Chavo Guerrero, and they would hide from us during the live events. They didn't want to call matches because that was old school, and that was how they came up. Eventually they got fed up with us and we had one of those 'coming to Jesus' meetings. We told them they didn't need to tell us spot-for-spot, but we just don't know the things you're trying to do. Eddie, who was always the captain of the ship said, 'You guys are right, and I need to be a better captain.' He started teaching us the spots. So the next six months we never planned anything. We just showed up and had a great time in the ring. The rest of the art is just being familiar with who you're in the ring with."

On wrestlers not adjusting their matches based on crowd reactions and using Christian trying to play heel in Canada as an example: "Guys are so reliant on planning a match, to go out and do their plan, regardless of crowd response. Sometimes you gotta go out and call audibles. You need to say 'this ain't working' and change it up. ... Christian was trying to turn the fans on him during a promo, but they cheered him even louder. We decided that he was the babyface and I became the heel. Right on the fly, we switched the match."

On who he trusts to call matches live in the ring on the current WWE roster: "There are only a few people in WWE that I would trust having a good match with to just call it in the ring: Randy Orton, John Cena, AJ Styles, Brock Lesnar and Shinsuke Nakamura

 

[Green Ranger]

On who he trusts to call matches live in the ring on the current WWE roster: "There are only a few people in WWE that I would trust having a good match with to just call it in the ring: Randy Orton, John Cena, AJ Styles, Brock Lesnar and Shinsuke Nakamura

To all the Brock haters

 

[NoMorePie]

To all the Brock haters

@Dean Ambrose

 

[Riley Escobar]

Shelton and Brock have been tight for almost 20 years, they tagged together in OVW so it makes sense

 

[The Rainmaker]

Thanks for reminding us Shelton is still employed.

 

[Playaz Eyez]

To all the Brock haters

Shelton and Brock have been tight for almost 20 years, they tagged together in OVW so it makes sense

 

[Paper Boi]

Shelton and Brock have been tight for almost 20 years, they tagged together in OVW so it makes sense

Shelton was also Brock's coach in college.

 

[The Prince of All Saiyans]

Shelton and Brock have been tight for almost 20 years, they tagged together in OVW so it makes sense

Him trusting three legends still in the business a

 

[jwinfield]

To all the Brock haters

Can't be hard when all he says is German suplex

 

[Breh Obama]

Can't be hard when all he says is German suplex

Breh

 

[Green Ranger]

Shelton and Brock have been tight for almost 20 years, they tagged together in OVW so it makes sense

Shelton was also Brock's coach in college.

Shelton is also Brock’s daughters godfather

 

[Beautiful Bobby Eatin]

Shelton is also Brock’s daughters godfather

That's. . Strangely human of Brock

 

[Norrin Radd]

Shelton is also Brock’s daughters godfather

The one that looks exactly like him?

 

[Green Ranger]

The one that looks exactly like him?

Yup it crazy how much she looks like him

 

[luckyse7enz]

Can't be hard when all he says is German suplex

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